Friday, August 31, 2007

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round....

Oh the smell of the bus! For the first time this hockey season, the Rockets were on the iron lung headed off to Edmonton for this weekend's tournament.Rockets Head Coach Ryan Huska told me Friday that Torrie Jung will start in goal Saturday against the expansion Edmonton Oil Kings. The Rockets technically have three goaltenders on the trip to Edmonton, the other two being veteran Kristofer Westblom and 16 year-old rookie Dylan Tait. Seventeen year-old Daniel Salamandyk didn't make the trip, as he is expected to join the BC Hockey League's Westside Warriors. Players reassigned by the team following training camp were defenseman Mandeep Nijjar and forward James Kerr.AM 1150 News-Talk-Sports won't be doing any exhibition play-by-play games as David Michaud has refused to do them! Actually our contract with the team is for regular season games only, but we'll be on the air with game one of the regular season September 22nd.

Which Kelowna Rockets will make Team Canada?

Who will win the BC Division this season?

World Gym Kelowna/West Kelowna

Regan Bartel

Will Cal Foote and Kole Lind be taken in the first round of the NHL draft?

About Me

Bartel is a radio broadcaster for the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. Bartel is enjoying his 26th year in the radio broadcast industry, spending 13 years at CKSW in Swift Current before moving to AM 1150 in Kelowna in the summer of 2000. Having called the play-by-play for the Swift Current Broncos and Kelowna Rockets, Bartel has called games at five Memorial Cups (2003,04,05,09, 2015), the CHL Top Prospects Game (2012) and the Canada-Russia Subway Super Series (2009). To listen to audio, just type audio in the window at the top left of the screen.